Evaluation Essay Quiz
3. What might justify Bradstreet's respected position as an important New England writer?
4. What might have Bradstreet found embarrassing or objectionable in the unauthorized publication of her work in 1650?

Interpretation Essay Quiz
5. Explain why Bradstreet's poetry might best be characterized as "Neo-classical" in style and content.
6. What features of her poetry might Neo-classicist purists find objectionable? Why? (See her "lament" in the opening of her "Prologue.")